2000-2010 Computer Inventions

By jjlyn
  • USB Flash Drive

    USB Flash Drive
    The USB Flash Drive was invented by Pua Khein-Seng, the CEO of Phison Electronics Corp of China. This device allowed people to save files and move files between computer devices with just a small thumb drive. It was the first of its kind.
  • YouTube

    YouTube
    Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen are the inventors of YouTube. YouTube is an online video sharing, streaming, and social media platform which is owned by Google. It has provided countless amounts of video information from all across the world.
  • MacBook

    MacBook
    Steven Jobs invented the Apple MacBook. It was a big step towards making powerful laptops that could keep up with desktops and be useable on the go.
  • Intel Core i5 Processor

    Intel Core i5 Processor
    The Core i5 Processor was invented by Intel. The predecessor, i3, only had 2 cores/4 threads compared to the i5 with 4 cores/4 threads. It was important for the gaming industry for bottlenecking in the GPU.
  • Windows 7

    Windows 7
    Windows 7 was invented by Bill Gates(Microsoft Corporation). It replaced Windows Vista to allow all the gadgets to run in a single process to save memory. This allowed to users to have faster running computers.